Imagine yourself fishing in the Myakka Cutoff. It’s a beautiful December morning. The tide is a good strong outgoing, and the snook and redfish are feeding pretty well under the overhanging mangroves — in fact, so well that you run out of bait. You fire up the engine and head …
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Thu Aug 2 2018 08:30AM

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I’ll admit it: Deadheads frighten me. No, I’m not afraid of avid fans of the music of the late, great Jerry Garcia. Even the most fanatical of those fans — …
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Thu Jul 19 2018 08:30AM

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Human nature is to overreact or underreact. Rarely do we take a properly measured approach to anything. And so it is with the red tide bloom killing fish in Southwest …
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Very soon it will be time to go hunting late summer tarpon in Charlotte Harbor. August and September are usually prime time to fish for these “golden kings” (tinted by …
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The humidity was heavy the morning we met Gayle and Tom Duch for our monthly survey of Wildflower Preserve. Wildflower Preserve used to be an 18-hole executive golf course until …
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If you fish, you probably have favorite spots. And, human nature being what it is, you probably feel some degree of territoriality about those favorite fishing spots. Maybe you even …
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Southwest Florida, no doubt, has an algae problem. Actually, it has more than one algae problem. The major culprits at the moment are Karenia brevis (the Florida red tide) along …
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With all the lifelike replica baits on the market today, the spinnerbait appears to be losing its place in the bass-fishing world. Is the spinnerbait losing its charm and effectiveness? …
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Fresh water releases from Lake Okeechobee into the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie estuaries as a means of managing regional flood risks resumed July 13, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers …
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Fishing this past month in our area has been amazing in Charlotte Harbor. Whether it be redfish, snook, tarpon or sharks, the bite has been red-hot. All the red tide …
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There is some dissension as to whether explorer Juan Ponce de Leon, the namesake of the park where Peace River Wildlife Center is located, was the first European to discover …
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I must first address the elephant in the room, but I’ll share some happy experiences also. Finally, we have a disaster significant enough to receive extensive press. Unfortunately, this is …
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Mrs. Capt. Ralph and I recently took a few days off work and snuck out of town to decompress. Since we’re around boats and the water every day ,you might …
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Thu Jul 5 2018 08:30AM

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